PHILIPPINE FOREST WEALTH 



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Water Power Going to Waste. 



the development of hydraulic power has hardly begun in the philippines. it has great possibilities in 

 regions where forested watersheds cause a gradual run-off. 



legislature ultimately adopted this plan 

 in practice, appropriating an amount 

 equal to 10% of the revenue of the 

 previous year for work in the special 

 government provinces which were under 

 its exclusive legislative control, and 

 voting for the appropriation of an 

 amount equivalent to 50% of these 



revenues for the work in the remainder 

 of the archipelago. 



It was reported that the Filipino 

 Lower House favored the latter appro- 

 priation : but there was no opportunity 

 to test the truth of this statement as 

 during several successive years the two 

 houses failed to agree on a new appro- 



